Are you up-to-date on important information that can affect your personal injury practice? This fact-packed instruction will provide you with the foundational knowledge essential to starting or staying on top of your practice. From determining lien priority to expert examination, our distinguished practitioners will take you through the latest court rulings and time-tested litigation strategies. Don't miss this opportunity to build your skills – order today!

1. Legislative, Case Law and Regulatory Trends and Developments
2. Major Elements of Local Procedure
3. Damages
4. Medical Records in Case Law
5. Standing on Ethical Ground
6. Insurance, Liens and Subrogation
7. Expert Examination – Daubert, Frye and Other Challenges
8. Presentation of Evidence

1. Major Elements of Local Procedure
   9:00 - 9:30, W. John Sellins
1. Discovery
2. Pre-Trial Motions and Pleadings
3. Settlement Procedure
4. Post-Trial Motions
5. Useful Sample Forms
2. Presentation of Evidence
   9:30 - 10:15, W. John Sellins
1. Use of Charts and Diagrams
2. Use of Medical Texts and Videotapes
3. Use of PowerPoint Presentations
3. Damages
   10:30 - 11:15, John M. Holcomb
1. Compensatory
2. Medical Bills
3. Lost Wages
4. Loss of Consortium
5. Pain and Suffering
4. Insurance, Liens and Subrogation
   11:15 - 12:00, John M. Holcomb
1. First-Party Benefits (No-Fault Personal Injury Protection (PIP) and Additional Personal Injury Protection (A-PIP); Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage)
2. Tortfeasor's Coverage: Determining Coverage, Excess Coverage, Other “Deep Pockets” (e.g. Respondeat Superior)
3. Colossus
4. Medicaid/Medicare Liens
5. Hospital Liens
6. Workers' Compensation Liens
7. Determining Priority and Negotiating the Value of Liens
5. Standing on Ethical Ground
   1:00 - 2:00, John M. Holcomb
1. Rules of Professional Conduct
2. The Tripartite Relationship Among Insured, Insurer and Counsel
3. Conflicts of Interest
4. Attorneys' Fees and Charges
5. Dealing with the “Excess Claim”
6. Legislative, Case Law and Regulatory Trends and Developments
   2:00 - 2:45, Jeffrey Bakst
7. Expert Examination – Daubert, Frye and Other Challenges
   3:00 - 3:45, T. Tod Mollaun
1. State Requirements for Selecting and Qualifying Expert Witnesses
2. Independent Medical Examiners
3. Biomechanics Experts
4. Vocational Specialists
5. Accident Reconstructionists
8. Medical Records in Case Law
   3:45 - 4:30, Jeffrey Bakst
1. Obtaining
1. By Authorizations, Subpoenas
2. Substance
3. Scope of What's Discoverable
2. Analyzing
3. Using Them in Motions, Depositions and at Trial
4. Admissibility and Confidentiality Issues
5. Keeping Up with the Latest News of Medical Science
1. How to Keep Up with the New Procedures, Drugs, Regulations, Recalls
2. Useful General Medical Reference Resources
3. New Trend of Defensive Medicine

JEFFREY S. BAKST is a sole practitioner in Cincinnati where he devotes the majority of his law practice to plaintiff's injury law including personal injury, wrongful death, negligence and catastrophic injury. Mr. Bakst is a member of the Middleton, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky, Federal and American bar associations, as well as the Ohio Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Cincinnati and his J.D. degree from the University of Dayton.

JOHN M. HOLCOMB is a partner with the Hamilton law firm of Holcomb, Hyde & Gmoser LLC. Mr. Holcomb has been an attorney for more than 19 years and focuses his practice on plaintiff's personal injury, medical malpractic,e and wrongful death. He has previously lectured for National Business Institute on personal injury matters. Mr. Holcomb was previously Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Butler County for eight years. He is a member of the Ohio State, American and Butler County bar associations. Mr. Holcomb earned his B.A. degree from Miami University and his J.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati.

T. TOD MOLLAUN is an attorney with The Law Offices of Blake R. Maislin, LLC, in Cincinnati. Mr. Mollaun has been an attorney for more than nine years and focuses his practice on representing plaintiffs in personal injury law. He is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association. Mr. Mollaun earned his B.S. degree from Miami University and his J.D. degree from the University of Dayton School of Law.

W. JOHN SELLINS is an attorney in the Cincinnati law firm of Droder & Miller Co., L.P.A. His areas of practice include contract law, insurance,and personal injury litigation. Mr. Sellins is a current adjunct instructor in business law and ethics at Indiana-Wesleyan University. He is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association (member, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee) and the Ohio State Bar Association. Mr. Sellins is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the U.S., the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. He earned his B.A. degree from Indiana University and his J.D. degree from Chase Law School.

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